First outbreak of norovirus in Albania

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 283-287

  Donia, Domenica ^a   Kota, M ^b   Leno, L ^b   Ylli, A ^b   Cenko, F ^c   Divizia, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Public Health Institute   (Albania)

^c Ministry of Health   (Albania)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Infection; Molecular epidemiology; Polymerase chain reaction; Viruses

Indexed keywords

HOSPITALS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; POTABLE WATER; VIRUSES;

ALBANIA; ALIGNMENT ANALYSIS; DRINKING WATER SAMPLES; ENTERIC VIRUS; GENOTYPING; INFECTION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NOROVIRUSES; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLES;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

PROTEIN GGII 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIOLOGY; DRINKING WATER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INFECTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; SOFTWARE; VIRUS;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ALBANIA; ARTICLE; CALICIVIRUS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ALBANIA;

NOROVIRUS;

EID: 80051670624     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2011.03104.x     Document Type: Article

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